J.K. Lasser's 1001 Deductions and Tax Breaks 2015: Your Complete Guide to Everything Deductible

CHAPTER 14 Your Job

1. Job-Hunting Expenses
2. Dues to Unions and Professional Associations
3. Work Clothes and Uniforms
4. Subscriptions to Professional Journals and Newsletters
5. Work Tools and Equipment
6. Miscellaneous Job-Related Expenses
7. Educator Expenses
8. Home Office Deduction
9. Prizes and Awards
10. Performing Artists
11. State or Local Government Officials Paid on a Fee Basis
12. Repayment of Supplemental Unemployment Benefits
13. Jury Duty Pay Turned Over to Your Employer
14. Impairment-Related Expenses
15. Military Benefits
16. Fringe Benefits
17. Income Earned Abroad

 

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At the time this book was printed, Congress had not extended numerous breaks for 2014 that had expired at the end of 2013. Check the online supplement in February 2015 at www.jklasser.com or www.barbaraweltman.com to see whether these breaks apply for 2014 returns.

Your job not only is what occupies the majority of your time during the greater part of each week and, hopefully, provides satisfaction; it also gives you a paycheck and perhaps other benefits. While your earnings are taxable in most cases, some of the fringe benefits may be tax free.

In order to earn that paycheck, you may have to expend your own dollars on various things. Fortunately, you may be able to deduct your out-of-pocket job-related costs.

This chapter explains the write-offs and other breaks you can claim with respect to your job. Job-related moving expenses are discussed in Chapter 4. Employment-related travel and entertainment expenses are explained in Chapter ...